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Associated Press A strong thunderstorm moves over the burn area helping firefighters gain the upper hand on the Black Forest fire Friday near Colorado Springs, Colo.
Crews battling wildfire hold flames in check
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Authorities lifted evacuations in a wide swath of terrain outside Colorado Springs on Friday as they said a surprise rain shower helped them tame a wildfire that has destr...
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Bumbling art heist-crooks work is not artistic
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police say a man who tried to steal an original Thomas Hart Benton sketch wasn’t exactly an artist at his craft. Police say the suspect pedaled away from the Bento...
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San Francisco parking spot sells for $82,000
SAN FRANCISCO — Parking spots apparently aren’t immune from the recent surge in San Francisco real estate prices. A spot in the city’s trendy South Beach neighborhood sold last week for $82,000,...
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Berry was a former KKK leader in Indiana
CHICAGO — Jeffery Lynn Berry, who as leader of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan led marches on town squares that cost municipalities thousands of dollars in security costs, has died at age ...
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Associated Press A technician loads patient samples into a machine for testing at Myriad Genetics in Salt Lake City.
Court restricts patents covering human DNA
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative me...
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Associated Press Sharon Ruddock, the aunt of Sarah Murnaghan, talks to reporters outside the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after the 10-year-old underwent a six-hour double-lung transplant as a result of her severe cystic fibrosis on Wednesday.
New lungs buy time but don’t cure
WASHINGTON — The 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who fought for a lung transplant has a difficult journey ahead. The transplant isn’t a cure for her cystic fibrosis, and new lungs don’t tend to last ...
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Low wage workers may not afford coverage
WASHINGTON — It’s called the Affordable Care Act, but President Barack Obama’s health care law may turn out to be unaffordable for many low-wage workers, including employees at big chain restaurant...
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Associated Press Tom Moore rides through downtown Fernley, Nev., with his daughters, Bridget and Meara. In a reversal of fortunes due to the recent recession, rural America is now losing population in towns like Fernley.
Rural America posts loss in population
WASHINGTON — Living in a rural Nevada town, Moe Royels recalls a more bustling time years ago when retirees poured in to enjoy the warm desert climate, nearby casinos and quiet community. But s...
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Immigration debate clears hurdle
WASHINGTON — In Spanish and English, the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over early procedural hurdles with deceptive ease on Tuesday as President Barack Obama insisted the “momen...
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Feds: Morning-after pill appeal officially on hold
NEW YORK — The Obama administration’s appeal in the legal fight over morning-after pills has been officially put on hold until a judge weighs a new plan to allow girls of all ages to buy the contra...
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